ANDERSON COUNTY - CENSUS - The First Census of Palestine (1848)

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Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald - scottfitzgerald@tyler.net
East Texas Genealogical Society, President
19 January 2005

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Originally published in The Tracings, Volume 1, No. 1, Winter 1982 by the
Anderson County Genealogical Society, copyright assigned to the East Texas
Genealogical Society.

April 12, 1955

The First Census of Palestine (1848)

The following census of Palestine taken in 1848 (when Palestine was only 
two years old and was a thriving town of 179 people) by Mrs. Susan S. 
Scott (Mallard) Alexander, wife of Judge Wm. Alexander.

There is one mistake in addition, and listing of added persons not 
recorded by name throw the count into a little confusion; but apparently 
the census taker of 98 years ago counted up to 179, although the mistake 
in arithmetic gave them a total of 142 whites and 31 negroes. A recheck 
of the figures shows that the column of whites added up to 148 whites.

The census shows:

Family Name			Negro		White
-----------------		--------	--------
Mallard				  3		  3
Twiggle				  3		  7
Reeves				  1		  4
Joost				  3		  5
McClure				  2		  4
Grigsby				  0		  4
DeBard				  3		  5
Jowers				  4		  4
Jasper				  1		  6
J. C. Ratcliffe			  0		  5
Mrs. White			  0		  3
Galloway			  0		  3
Fowler				  1		  5
J. Ratcliffe			  0		  3
				--------	--------
				 21		 62
				 10		 86
				--------	--------
				 31		142

(Above presented by Miss Ruth Eppner granddaughter of the census taker.)